Balancing machine with fixed journals



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BALANCING MACHINE WITH FIXED JOURNAL Filed Sept. 29, 1959 7 Sheets-Sheet 7 Patented Sept. 21, 1943 BALANCING MACHINE WITH FIXED JOURNALS Lawrence F. Hope and Thomas C.

Van Degrift,

Detroit, and Paul Huber, Milford, Mich., as-

signors to General Mot Mich., a corporation ors Corporation, Detroit, 1! Delaware Application September 29, 1939, Serial No. 297,082 8 Claims. (01. 73-53) This invention has to do with improvements in balancing machines. The improved machines are characterized by greater sensitivity and simplified mechanical construction.

An important feature of the invention is the provision of relatively rigid supports for the ends of the shaft being balanced. The very slight deflections of these supports are made use of to affect changes in an electrical circuit which are amplified and then recorded or displayed by suitible indicating apparatus such as an oscillograph ;o give the amount of unbalance. The angle of inbalance is obtained by synchronizing the indi- :ating apparatus with the rotation of the shaft.

The advantage of employing relatively rigid :upports is that the damping of the shaft vibraion by friction in the supporting parts is reduced ind that the critical speed of the shaft is raised. t is, of course, desirable to rotate the shaft at or 183.1 its maximum service speed in order to obtain he same conditions as to balance and shaft lefiection with speed and to get the largest posible unbalance force to facilitate measurement. .he present machine permits these high rotation peeds by raising the critical speed, thus providing :1 even larger force due to unbalance, since this orce increases with speed.

With relatively rigid supports for the part eing balanced the amplitude of movement of the ipports as a result of the action of the forces of nbalance is quite small and in the machine dislosed here is little more than .001" even under eavy unbalanced loads. This slight displacelent is employed to vary the capacity or inductoce of an electrical circuit, preferably the forler, and by suitably amplifying the resulting mange in voltage, a voltage is obtained which is lfiicient to operate a suitable oscillograph proicing a sine wave curve the amplitude of which tries directly with the amount of unbalance. mploying a suitable oscillograph of the cathode ly type it has been possible to obtain a sensivity well over 1 amplitude per ounce inch of ibalance at 2500 R. P. M. and about four times ris at the top speed of 5000 R. P. M.

The machine also includes a simple arrangeent for determining the location of unbalance.

iis is accomplished by providing a circuit eaker operated by the rotating shaft and inrrupting a direct current circuit connected to e oscillograph so as to lock the internal sweep the oscillograph into synchronism with the tating shaft.

The improved balancing machine is also characterized by simplicity and sturdiness of construction.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will be pointed out in the course of the following description.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side view of the in dotted lines a tion to be tested.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the machine of Figure 1.

Figures 3, 4 and 5 are sections taken on the corresponding lines of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a section on line 1-1 of Figure 4.

Figures 8, 9 and 10 are views taken on corresponding lines of Figure 2.

Figure 11 is a front elevation of one of the guards used on the machine.

Figure 12 is a fragmentary section on line I2-l2 of Figure 11.

Figure 13 is a simplified schematic diagram of the electrical circuit employed.

Figure 14 is a diagrammatic view of a modified form of bridge circuit.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, l0 indicates a suitable supporting base for the machine. The

machine showing propeller shaft arranged in posibase is of rigid construction, supported by legs I2,

and is provided with machined ways indicated at M and I6. On these ways are slidably mounted the heads l8 and 20. Any suitable means may be provided to lock the heads in the desired position on the ways. Usually it will be suflicient to adjust one only of the heads so sprocket 22 and chain 24 are provided to move the head 20, the ends of the chain 24 being suitably secured to the head as at 26. A hand wheel 28 is provided on the shaft carrying the sprocket 22 to facilitate adjustment. The heads I 8 and 20 are of substantially the same construction so that the description of one will to a large extent suffice for both.

Head l8 consists of a base 30 supported on the ways as previously described. One end of the base 30 is provided with an upstanding flange 32 to which are bolted spring steel plates 34 extending toward each other at an angle as best shown in Figure 9. The free ends of plates 34 are bolted to flanges 31 and 38 extending radially from one end of shaft housing 40. The other end of housing 40 is provided with horizontal flange 42 to which is rigidly bolted a spring steel plate 44, the other end of which is clamped to the top of a pedestal 46 extending upwardly from the base 30 as best shown in Figure 4. The same end of housing 40 is rigidly secured to condenser arm 48 by means of a bolt II clamped to the arm ll at one end by nut 520 as best shown in Figure 4, and at the other end to the housing All by means of bolts 5| as best shown in Figure 3. Attention is called to washers 522 and ISM-encircling a shank of bolt 50. These washers are V-shaped on the sides engaging arm 48, thereby providing a knife edge connection between bolt 50 and arm 48 so as to insure that arm vertical movement of the bearing 40 and not by transverse movement. 52 indicates a shield on bolt 58 which has a loose sliding fit in opening 53 in housing 54 and, together with the housing. protects the condenser and related parts to be hereafter described, from oil and dust. It has been found preferable to provide bolt 50 with pilot 5! fitting in a suitable socket provided in the underside of housing 40 to prevent shifting thereof.-

Condenser arm 48 is in the form of a cantilever integral with support 51 having a rigid upstanding portion 58 at one end from which the condenser arm 48 projects. Support 51 is secured to the base 30 by suitable bolts 60.

Head 20 embodies the same details of construction just described but as shown in Figure 1, its baseplate 3| is arranged oppositely on 48 will only be affected by a,saa,ess

sure to the bearings of both heads through supply pipes 61 and drilled passages Q9. The endsof the shafts 68 and housings 40 are provided with suitable means such as oil traps, oil slingers and gaskets to prevent the escape of oil from the bearings.

The outer end of shaft 68 of head i8 is connected by suitable coupling 68 with electric motor 10 provided with buttons 1i and 13 for starting and stopping respectively and with rheostat I! for adjusting its speed. It has been found preferable to employ a direct current motor to prevent interference with the circuit used for indicating the out of balance. Cbupling BI is preferably of the cushioned type, rubber balls or blocks being interposed between the driving and driven parts to prevent transmission of vibration to the part being tested. 1

To the inner end of each of the shafts II of the heads i8 and 2|! is bolted adapter 12 carrying a chuck 14 arranged to engage and drive a propeller shaft such as that shown in dotted lines at I6 in Figures 1, 2 and 3.

The flange ll of the adapter 12 may be calibrated in degrees as shown, so as to cooperate with a suitable pointer 80 secured to housing ll the ways II and ii so that the ends of the housings ll on the two heads which are supported by the spring plates 44 and the condenser arms I. face each other. In addition, as shown in Figures 1 and 9, base 20' instead of being supported directly on ways II and it is carried by a tumtable 3| mounted on support 33 which rests on the ways. Turntable ii is suitably calibrated as at ll to permit accurate adjustment of head 20 to the desired angle. The specific manner of mounting the turntable and locking it in place is not illustrated as this is conventional construction commonly used on machine shop equipment. It is believed to be unnecessary to illustrate the details of the turntable and its locking means since this is not novel with applicants. This adjustment has been found to be desirable in machines for balancing propeller shafts to permit testing of such shafts with the sections out of alignment when desired.

Any suitable means may be provided for looking the heads in the desired position of adjustment on the ways I4 and it. There is illustrated in Figure 9 a screw 35 provided with a handle 36 and adapted to move pivoted locking dog 39 into clamping engagement with the underside of one of the ways as shown.

It will be noted that on both of the heads i8 and 20 plates 34 hold one end of housing lilagainst any movement in the plane of the plates but will flex to permit housing 40 to tilt slightly upwardly or downwardly, the plates serving as a flexible hinge. Spring plate 44 strongly resists any movement of the other end of housing 40 except slight upward or downward movement. Any up and down movement of this end of the housing 40 is, of course, accompanied by corresponding movement of condenser arm 48. since the two are rigidly connected by bolt 50.

The partsare preferably so designed that even with shafts badly out of balance the maximum amount of movement of the condenser arm is but little more than .001". I

Within housings 40, as is best shown in Figure 3, are mounted sleeves 62 provided at opposite ends with suitable babbitt lined bearings 64 for shaft 66. A constant speed electric motor 65 drives oil pump 6| which supplies oil under presfor convenience in calibration as well as in determining the angular location of the unbalance in the shaft being tested.

Chuck ll is shown in detail in Figures 3 and 8. It is adapted to receive and clamp one end of the usual propeller shaft. The chuck comprises an annular member 2" clamped to the end of the stub shaft extension 203 of adapter 12 and keyed to it by key 209. The forward face of membei 2M is provided with concave seats 2 to receivi journals 2i3 extending radially from the end: of conventional types of propeller shafts. Member 20! is provided with a forwardly extending axial flange 2i! surrounding the end of the pro peller shaft when in place in the chuck and als4 with rearwardly extending axial flange 2". T1 clamp the end of the propeller shaft in the seat 2 a cage M9 is provided surrounding the mem ber 2M and guided for axial movement by pim 220 extending rearwardly from the member 2ll The cage 2i! has a forward flange 222 providei with inwardly projecting lugs 224 having stud 226 projecting rearwardly therefrom and adapt ed to engage the forward faces of the journal of the universal joint at the end of the propelle shaft I6 and clamp them in the seats 2 whei the cage 2i! is drawn rearwardly. Cage 2|! i moved rearwardly by means of sleeve 22! rotata ble on stub shaft 203 and held against endwis movement by engagement with the hub of an nular member 2!". Sleeve 228 has threaded en gagement at 230 with cage 2i! so that rotatio of the sleeve in one direction causes the cage 1 move endwise on the pins 220 clamping th journals of the propeller shaft between lugs 21 and seats 2i i. Sleeve 228 is preferably provide with sockets 232 to receive the end of a bar tool to assist in rotating it.

assessagaged position; Arm I'II is connected by bell crank I8I and links I88 to pivoted lever I88, one end of which is the armature of electromagnet I81. The electromagnet is arranged in the start- I terial secured to support 51 as by bolts 81. Condenser plate 82 is mounted on insulating block 88 secured to block 86 in spaced relation as by bolts 89 and suitable nuts as shown. 98 indicate thin sheets of mica interposed in the gap between condenser arm 48 and condenser plates 82 and 84 to prevent the entrance of dust. 82 indicates an oil shield surrounding the condenser arm 48 adjacentits point of entrance between the condenser plates and serving to shield the gap in ,the condenser from the entrance of oil. The parts constituting the condenser are covered over by housing 54 previously described which.preferably also serves to house the resistors R1 and R2 hereinafter referred to.

On the housing 40 ofthe head I8 is mounted a circuit breaker I08 including a shaft I8I carry ing gear I02 driven by gear I03 integrally formed on shaft 66 as best shown in Figure 5. Shaft I M carries cam I 88, having flatportions I I8, as shown in Figure 6, permitting movable contact I I2 to engage fixed contact II4 twice during each revolution of shaft I8I. The gear ratio is such that the contacts I I2 and H4 are closed once during each revolution of shaft 56. The circuit breaker illustrated is of the type commonly used in ignition systems of automobile engines.

It has been previously pointed out that head 28 is substantially the same in construction as.

head I8. A few differences have also been mentioned. The other diiferences of any importance will now be described. As is best shown in Figures 2 and 9, shaft 66 of head 20 is provided at its outer end with pulley IIG driven from pulley II 8 on electric motor I20 by means of belt I22. This arrangement permits driving the shaft be- ,ng tested from either end or from both ends as iesired. However in practice it will be found nost desirable to use motor I8 for driving the :haft, disconnecting motor I28 by removing belt I22. Motor I28 is used to drive shaft 66 of head 28 only when balancing the shaft, its adapted '2 and chuck I4. Motor I28 is controlled by tarting and stopping buttons I2I and I23 at the eft end of the machine and its speed is under ontrol of rheostat I25.

Head 28 is provided with a circuit breaker I lentical with that described in connection with ead 'I8, except,tha t as shown in dotted lines on 'igure'5, the shaft IN is connected by a suitable dapter I24 to flexible shaft .I26 which .drives peedometeri 28.

Owing tothe flexibility of propeller shafts iere" is a possibility of their becoming disconected from the driving chucks at high speeds, 0 preventthis, guards are provided similar to lose disclosed in Van Degrift Patent 2,008,161 ranted July 16, 1936. mm at I38 in Figures 1 and 2. One of them is mm in detail in Figures and 12 where I32 .dicates a base clamped to the ways I4 and I8 Such guards are illusin any desired position by means of plate I34 and bolts and nuts I88. The guard consists of a fixed portion I85 integral-with the'base and a hinged section I81 adapted to be held in locked position by spring pressed dog I38 having a I handle I48. To prevent operation of the balancing machine when the guard is unlocked, there is secured to the hinged section I31 a lug provided spaced along the propeller shaft as shown in Figures 1 and 2. i In Figure 13 there is shown the preferred form of circuit employed. The circuit consists of two duplicate pickup and sweep locking circuits either of which may be connected through double throw switch S to the power supplying, amplifying and indicating circuits. Since the first named circuits are identical a description of one will suflice for both. In each circuit the two lobed cams I88 of the circuit breakers I 88 have been replaced by single lobed cams I88 to indicate that the breaker is closed once during each revolution, thus avoiding the necessity of showing the 2 to 1 reduction gearing used'with the two lobed cams in the machine as actually constructed.

48 indicates the condenser arm cooperating with condenser plates 82 and 84, condenser arm 48 being moved in merit of condenser arm 48 will unbalance the accordance with the vibration of the shaft. The modulated wave is then amplified and rectified, the high frequency wave is filtered out, and the output is supplied to an oscillograph I52, preferably of the cathode ray type, producing a sine wave, the amplitude of which is proportional to the amount of vibration of the part being balanced and hence to the amount of unbalance.

In order to obtain the greatest accuracy it is, of course, necessary to adjust the bridge so as to work on the linear part of the bridge curve. This adjustment may be eflected by means of a variable condenser Ca connected as shown across condenser Ci.

The necessary high frequency alternating current is obtained from a conventional oscillating circuit-designated as "Oscillator on the drawing-preferably a 5,000 cycle Hartley type circuit supplied with direct current pack as shown, which is supplied with volt 60 cycle current from Switch S is preferably arranged at the left end of the machine as shown in Figure 1. High frequency current is supplied from the oscillator lead I58 to the point of connection of resistances R1 and R2. The connection 40 to ground through lead I50 completes the cir purposes provision is also made for supplying unrectified current through lead I64, switch I62 and lead I63 to the oscillograph; or oscillating currentdirect from the oscillator through leads I54 and I65, test switch I62 and lead I63 to the oscillograph.

. The oscillograph illustrated is of standard type v provided with an internalsweep the frequency of which may be regulated to approximate the frequency of the force which is being measured. It is :also proyided with external sweep terminals adapted to be connected to a suitable impulse circuit to lock the internal sweep into synchronism with the force being ment to approximate synchronism. A number of such oscillographs are available on the market. The particular one employed was a standard RCA Type TMV-122B made by Corporation of America employing a three inch tube. I

The oscillographds supplied with current from the 110 volt line through suitable leads I and I12. I14 and I16 indicat'e,the external sweep terminals of the oscillograph. Once each revolution of the shaft being tested an electrical impulse is supplied to the oscillograph through the external sweep terminals tolock its sweep in synchronism with the rotation of the shaft. The impulse is supplied by the following circuit: P' indicates a power pack supplied with energy from the 110 volt supply line through'leads I90 and I9I. From the power pack an impulse of direct current is supplied tothe oscillograph withv each closing of a circuit breaker I00 which has been brought in circuit by closing of switch S. Upon closing of the circuit breaker direct current flows momentarily from power pack P through lead I92 to external sweep terminal I14, through the sweep locking position of the oscillograph circuit, out through terminal I16, lead I93. through the lower terminals of switchS, lead I54, circuit breaker I00, and lead 195 to ground the circuit being completed by grounding of power pack P'.

measured after adjustthe Radio potentiometer button 1 I. This closes the motor circuit through solenoid I81 thereby withdrawing detent I13 from notches I15 by actuating armatures I65, links I83'and bell cranks III and HI, and thereafter setting the motor 10 in operation. The shaft now revolves.

It is assumed that switch S has been closed to supply power to the oscillator and oscillograph so that upon swinging switch 8 to left or right as desired high frequency current is supplied by the oscillator to the bridge circuit through lead I50. This high frequency current is modulated by movement .of condenser arm 48 in response to vibration of the shaft being tested. The modulated current is then fed through-transformer T,

I53, lead I41, switch S and lead I50 to the amplifier, rectifier and filter unit, where it is amplified, rectified and filtered of its high frequency component and the resulting wave is supplied to oscillograph I52 through lead I6I, switch I62 and lead I63, producing vertical displacement of the moving electron beam pro- Jected on the fluorescent screen of the oscillograph. The corresponding circuit breaker I00 closes once during each revolution of the shaftbeing tested thereby supplying an electrical impulse to the oscillograph once during each revolution through the external sweep terminals as previously described, thereby locking the internal sweeprof the oscillograph in synchronism with the rotation ofthe shaft. The result is the projection of a standing sine wave on the screen of the oscillograph having a vertical displacement in proportion to the amount of unbalance and a horizontal displacement synchronized with the rotation of the shaft so that the screen may be calibrated vertically in amounts of unbalance and horizontally in shaft angle.

In Figure 14 there is shown a slight modiflcation of the bridge portion of the circuit of Figure 13. Here condensers C1 and h are replaced by inductances L1 and L2 which,'like the condensers.

constitute substantially balanced members of the bridge circuit, the other legs of the bridge bying constituted by the resistances R1 and R: as before: The inductance L1 is so designed that it is varied in accordance with the movements of the shaft due to unbalance. This may be accomplished in a number of ways. We have shown at 500 a U-shaped'iron core for the inductance L1 provided with an armature 502 in the form of an arm connected to move with the bearing 40 of the balancing machine in the same manner as condenser arm 48, shown in the previous figures Inductance L2 is shown diagrammatically as e variable inductance. It may be provided with s The operation of the complete machine will now be described. 1

With the shafts 56 of head I8 and 20 locked in position by engagement of lugs I13 of levers I1I with notches I15 guards I30 are opened by releasing dogs I38 and raising the hinged portions I31. The shaft 16 is then inserted in position with its journals 2I3 resting on seats 2I I in draw chucks 14. Sleeves 226 of the chucks are then rotated to draw lugs 224 on cages 2I9 into clamping engagement with the journals 2 I 3. The hinged guards I31 are now swung to locked position in which they are held by dogs N36. The result of this is to close the motor circuits at switches I48 through depression of plungers I and swinging of levers I50 connected 'to the switches. tion and may be set in motion by pressing switch Figure 13. a

core of the same type shownat 500. It will bc evidentthat movement of arm 502 will vary thr inductance L1, thereby unbalancing the bridgl circuit and producing a reading of unbalance i1 th'e oscillograph I52 in the same manner as it the case of the variable condensers Cl and Cr 01 The bridge circuit .of Figure 14 is to be connected to the remainder of the circuit of Figuri 13 in the same manner as the bridge circuit 11 lustrated in he latter figure.

We claim:

1. In a balancing machine, means for support ing and rotating a. part tobe balanced co-mprisinl a base, a joumal'box, supporting means spacel along the journal box connecting it to the has one of said supporting means being flexible in direction to permit limited axial movement of th journal box but inflexible radially to resist radie movement, the other supporting means being flexible in a direction to permit limited radial movement of the box but inflexible axially to resist axial movement, said last-named supporting means comprising a cantilever secured to the base and supporting the journal box adjacent its free end, "and a plate mounted on said base and spaced from the free end of said arm and cooperating therewith to form a condenser.

2. In a balancing machine the combination of a base, a journal box, means for mounting the journal box at one end on the base comprising a pair of leaf springs secured to the journal box adjacent one end andextending radially therefrom and lying substantially in a plane at right angles to the axis of the journal box and having their opposite ends secured to the base, means for mounting the other end of the journal box on the base comprising a leaf spring extending radially from the box and lying substantially in a plane extending axially of the journal and having its ends secured to the box and to the base, and a cantilever secured to the base and having its free end supporting the box.

3. In a balancing machine the combination of a base, a journal box, means for mounting the journal box at one end on the base comprising a pair of leaf springs secured to the journal box adjacent one end and extending radially therefrom and lying substantially in a plane at right angles to the axis of the journal box and having their opposite ends secured to the base, means for mounting the other end of the journal box on the base comprising a leaf spring extending radially from the box and lying substantially in a plane extending axially of the journal and having its ends secured to the box and to the base, a cantilever secured to the base and having its free end supporting the box, and a plate mounted on the base cooperating with the free end of the cantilever to form a condenser.

4. In a balancing machine the combination of,

a base, a journal box, means for mounting the journal box at one end on the base comprising a pair of leaf springs secured to the journal box adjacent one end and extending radially therefrom at divergent angles and lying substantially in a plane at right angles to the axis of the journal box and having their opposite ends secured to the base, means for mounting the other end of the journal box on the base comprising a leaf spring extending substantially horizontally from the box and lying substantially in a' plane extending axially of the journal box and having its ends secured to the box and to the base, and a cantilever secured to the base and having its free end supporting the box.

5. In a balancing machine the combination of a base, a journal box, means for mounting the journal box at one end, on the base comprising a pair of leaf springs secured to the journal box adjacent one end and extending radially therefrom at divergent angles and lying substantially in a plane at right angles to the axis of the journal box and having their opposite ends secured to the base, means for mounting the other end of the journal box on the base comprising a leaf spring extending substantially horizontally from the box and lying substantially in a plane extending axially of the journal box and having its ends secured to the box and to the base, a cantilever secured to the base and having its free and supporting the box, and a pair of plates mounted on the base and extending on either side of the free end of the cantilever to form condensers therewith.

'6. In a balancing machine the combination of a base, a pair of journal boxes axially aligned and spaced from each other, said journal boxes being adapted to receive and support between them a part to be balanced, each of said journal boxes being provided with supporting means spaced therealong connecting it to the base, the adjacent supporting means being flexible in a direction to permit limited radial movement but inflexible axially to resist axial movement, the other pair of said supporting means being flexible in a direction to permit limited axial movement but inflexible radially to resist radial movement, said adjacent supporting means each comprising a cantilever secured to the base and supporting a journal box adjacent its free end.

7. In a balancing machine the combination of a base, a pair of journal boxes axially aligned and spaced from each other, said journal boxes being adapted to receive and support between them a part to be balanced, each of said journal boxes being provided with supporting means spaced therealong connecting it to the base, the adjacent supporting means being flexible in a direction to permit limited radial movement but inflexible axially to resist axial movement, the other pair of said supporting means being flexible in a direction to permit limited axial movement but inflexible radially to resist radial movement, said adjacent supporting means each comprising a cantilever secured to the base and supporting a journal box adjacent its free end, and indicating means actuated by movement of the free end of said cantilever.

8. In a balancing machine the combination of a base, a pair of stub shafts axially aligned and spaced from each other, said shafts being adapted to be connected to the ends of a part to be balanced, means associated with each of the shafts for supporting it from the base comprising a journal box provided with supporting means spaced therealong connecting it to the base, the adjacent pair of supporting means be-' ing flexible in a direction to permit limited radial movement but inflexible axially to resist axial displacement, the other pair of supporting means being flexible in a direction to permit limited axial movement but inflexible radially to resist radial displacement, said adjacent pair of supporting means each comprising a cantilever secured to the base and supporting the box adjacent lts free end, means for rotating one of the shafts together with the part to be balanced, and indicating means actuated by movement of the free end of the cantilever produced by rotation of the part which is out of balance.

THOMAS C. VAN DEGRJFI. LAWRENCE F. HOPE. PAUL HUBER. 

